Thanks for the ADPLANNER link.. I didn't know about that one. Remember, CAFFEINE is coming in a few weeks so HANG ON TO YOUR ASSES>
If you look in the url for the google adwords tool it says 'external'. I wonder what kind of granularity the internal tool provides, because I find it hard to come away with anything but a general sense of volume for anything other than single keywords.
Good list, I find Webmaster Tool and Analytics my tools for everyday. They help me a lot for my sites.
Another tool that you might find useful is http://easyseotracking.com/SERPSChecker.php. It allows you 1. To compare you data with the competitors' values. 2. To get information on how the data is changed in history. 3. To track the position of the keywords. And it is FREE!
If you try them you'll find how different they are from each other. Google Insights helps you wanted to see what is a phrase or word, regardless of popularity and Google keyword tool is made for Adwords, they can help you choose the best words in our texts to attract more visitors. hope this will help you for your question
With so many options where do you get the best help from one or two sites? I d like to try to narrow down my time required to find out how to build my new sites so as to commence activitiy flow more rapidly. Thanks for your help. Useful post.
I also like these tools and these are very useful in optimization. In fact these are most authentic free tools on internet.